The regiment now numbers 805 enlisted men; of that number 482 are present for duty. Since the 10th of November of the present year the regiment has been in the Army of the Potomac, and was with General Burnside in the battle of Fredericksburg, where it sustained its good name, and added additional honor to itself and to the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The following is an abstract of the roster: 1 Colonel discharged. 1 Lieutenant-Colonel promoted Colonel. 1 Major promoted Lieutenant-Colonel. 1 Major appointed Assistant Inspector-General, U. S. A. 1 Major discharged. 1 Surgeon promoted Brigade-Surgeon. 1 Assistant-Surgeon promoted Surgeon. 1 Assistant-Surgeon killed at Antietam, September 17, 1862. 1 Captain promoted Colonel 49th Regiment. 2 Captains promoted Majors 20th. 1 Captain promoted Major 39th Regiment Massachusetts Volunteers. 1 Captain promoted Captain 1st Regiment Cavalry, Mass. Vol. 1 Captain drowned October 21, 1862, swimming Potomac, Ball's Bluff. 1 Captain killed at Fredericksburg. 1 First Lieutenant promoted Lieutenant-Colonel 39th Regiment Mass. Vol. 10 First Lieutenants promoted Captains. 1 First Lieutenant killed in battle Malvern Hill. 16 Second Lieutenants promoted First Lieutenants. 1 Second Lieutenant drowned Oct. 21, 1861, swimming Potomac, Ball's Bluff. 1 Second Lieutenant died October 22, 1861. 1 Second Lieutenant killed Fredericksburg, December 13, 1862. 4 Second Lieutenants have been taken from civilians. 18 Second Lieutenants promoted from enlisted men. 35 Commissions have been made for this regiment during the year 1862. |